#PastebinMonday 06/19/2023 Where the Hell Does My Time Go Edition

'Sup, doods!

I'm increasingly finding myself in self-reflection and wondering “Where the hell does my time go?” Upon further review this past weekend, I'm growing ever closer to completely revamping my eating habits.

Is overeating still a big problem? Yes, but that's not my biggest issue.

Does my problem have to do with not doing anything on an empty stomach? I don't think it has to be, but it leads me to thinking about what I do when I eat. Apparently, I can't eat alone in solitude with only my thoughts. I have to entertain myself with something or I can't focus on anything. I'm always turning on a YouTube or Twitch stream to pass the time while I consume food. Part of it is legitimate hunger, but most of time I am fending off boredom. Terrible mental state to be in. The stream ends up distracting me from eating and makes the meal last longer than intended. It's a double whammy of being super bad for my health.

I did make a conscious decision to watch some leaderboard submissions during my lunch, which did make me feel less guilty. Now, the question becomes: can I eat a meal WITHOUT turning on YouTube? I'll start trying that today if I can remember it. I will keep this update open on my computer as a reminder.

What did this mean for my overall work progress this week? Well, on Saturday, I managed to schedule my VOD archives for YouTube publication this weekend and... that's it. Yesterday, I finished up as much of my LPS stream layout base as I could and announced the format of the Kirby's Avalanche tournament to Discord and... that's it.

I really need to get in physical shape before I can acquire the mental fortitude to push for doing this streaming thing for a living because I can't do that right now. I did find out that I definitely can't do that eating salads with romaine lettuce. How do y'all manage to eat something with such a lack of flavor and mushy texture and a bitter aftertaste? Surely you avoid the store bought Caesar salads, right?

Today's (permanent) extra streaming goals:

Goal #2: create a broadcast stream layout for the next LPS minor speedrun tournament game, Kirby's Avalanche. I have a decent base to swap sounds and graphics into. I have to extract all of the assets now.
Goal #3: update the LPS Pokémon Puzzle League broadcast layout to be better automated like the Tetris Attack layout.
Goal #4: edit my Kirby's Avalanche runs. And my Falsebound Kingdom run. And my Mario Golf run. I'mma need a minute for this. I may need to move the priority up to get it done sooner.
Goal #5: script and record footage for my Puzzle League tutorial series. I have some scripts to touch up before feeling comfortable with moving on to recording gameplay. Then I will need to record my talking points and edit it all together. I will still want to take time during the week to do all of that instead of stream. Whether I will be able to remains to be seen.
Goal #6: clean up my own stream layout. I am brainstorming how I want the final theming to be. I probably want to give people multiple options, maybe allow spending bits to change the look. I don't have anything written down yet. I don't expect to get to this anytime soon, but I might need to dedicate time to it to ever get it done.
Goal #7: maybe make a universal LPS broadcast layout. I have a base, but perhaps I should stylize one for the LPS brand. Hopefully I wouldn't over-homogenize it like SpeedGaming did.
Goal #8: release the Puzzle League tutorial series YouTube shorts once a day until they're all done. I really do think I need to time the release of the series with a ramping up of my streaming schedule so that I can take advantage of whatever there is to gain from releasing the shorts.

This week's schedule:

(All broadcasts begin at 7pm CT)

Tuesday – Tue-Gi-Oh! (Yu-Gi-Oh! game speedruns) – The Falsebound Kingdom now has a sub-5 lottery with the Yugi Super Easy Challenge mode. Come see everything that has to go right to break this record now.
Wednesday – Wild Cards Wednesday (whatever speedruns I feel like) – Learning Star DK in Mario Golf: Advance Tour's Speed Golf is on an indefinite hiatus. I'm now gonna try to do the best Star Peach that I can.
Thursday – Opening Round (golf game speedruns) – I'll probably still be developing the Star Peach Marion Front Tees route here before I get the confidence to put together a full run.
Friday – Friday Night Salt Mines (community speedrun races) – I guess we'll be playing Kirby's Avalanche? I probably want to prepare for commentary, anyway.


That’s my life story for the week. Later, doods!

--Cards